Julie Cooper

Julie Cooper

Julie Cooper
Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 2003

Major Areas of Interest:

- History of Political Theory
- Early Modern Political Theory
- Jewish Political Thought
- Religion and Politics

Selected Publications:

- “Vainglory, Modesty, and Political Agency in the Political Theory of Thomas Hobbes,” Review of Politics, 72, 2 (Spring 2010), pp. 241-269
- “Thomas Hobbes on the Political Theorist’s Vocation,” The Historical Journal, 50, 3 (September 2007), pp. 519-547
- “Freedom of Speech and Philosophical Citizenship in Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise,” Law, Culture, and the Humanities, 2 (February 2006), pp. 91-114
E-Mail: jecooper@uchicago.edu
Phone: (773) 702-8052
Office: Pick 521
Office hours: M 2:00-4:00

Julie E. Cooper studies the history of political theory, with a particular focus on the early modern period. Her research and teaching interests include Hobbes and Spinoza; secularism and secularization theory; religion and politics; Jewish political thought; modern Jewish thought; and contemporary critical theory. She is currently working on two book projects: Modesty and Dignity in Modern Political Theory and Politics Without Sovereignty? Territory, Diaspora, and Sovereignty in Jewish Political Thought. She is a member of the Chicago Center for Jewish Studies.